News Roundup - Hour 2
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-07-29/news-roundup-hour-2
A panel of journalists joins guest host Susan Page for analysis of the week's top international news stories: Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced the formation of a panel to investigate the police response to the Oslo massacre, as the nation tries to recover from one of the worst massacres in post-war Europe; Britain expelled the remaining staff of the Libyan embassy as it officially recognized the Libyan opposition, while the U.S. weighed Libyan rebels' request to open an embassy in Washington; and the mayor of Kandahar was killed in a suicide blast in Afghanistan, striking another blow to U.S. security efforts there.
Guests
Nancy Youssef
Pentagon correspondent, McClatchy newspapers.
Joby Warrick
national security reporter, The Washington Post; winner of the Pulitzer Prize; he is the author of a new book, "The Triple Agent: The Al-Qaeda Mole Who Infiltrated the CIA."
Jill Dougherty
foreign affairs correspondent, CNN.
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When reviewing the Norwegian shootings I hope you will discuss Glenn Beck's outrageous comment likening the Utoya camp to "Hitler Youth."
The debt limit debacle has defintiely hurt the US image abraod. It is not a matter of could it tarnish our image. It has already happened. The issue is how do we deal with China and Europe pulling back from making investments in US debt.
Can any of the guests on the show shed any light on the reasons for the lack of offensive power push by the White House staff in its, in my opinion, kid-glove handling of Congress? Those Capitol Hill guys and gals need some rough handling to get rid of this gridlock.
The "Axis of evil" question was avoided. It had to do with our invasion of Iraq and Libya - no control over their central banks by the house of Rothschild!!!
I am new to the show and appreciate hearing both sides though clearly there is a left lean to the reporting. Case in point, you touched on the American Soldier who planned on killing his brothers in arms. Men who trusted him. He was not some ordinary kid from Kansas. He was granted conscientious objector status because he was Muslim and his beliefs would not let him fight fellow Muslims in Afghanistan where his unit was deploying. Then he went AWOL. He is not just an American Soldier but a home grown Muslim Extremist who was willing to kill Americans Soldiers. Stop sugar coating the story and giving a politically correct spin on it. He is a Soldier motivated by his Muslim extremist beliefs to kill other Americans Soldiers. The same men he trained with, ate with, laughed with, and lived with. If the Soldier in question is found guilty of the charges against him, he is a traitor of the worst kind.
Let's see. On Tuesday, TDRS folks couldn't wait to connect The Norwegian Kipper mass murderer to the Tea Party, when there is no connection, and describe him as a Christian, which he isn't. But when Susan Paige mentions the arrest of Pfc. Naser Abdo at Ft. Hood for planning an attack similar to his fellow Muslim, Major Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people, there is no mention by anyone on the show of him being a Muslim.
"Pfc. Naser Abdo, a 21-year-old soldier who was granted conscientious objector status this year after he said his Muslim beliefs prevented him from fighting, was arrested Wednesday. Agents found firearms and “items that could be identified as bomb-making components, including gunpowder,” in his motel room, according to FBI spokesman Erik Vasys."
I HEAR SOME PEOPLE DEFENDING THE TEA PARTY AS "STICKING TO THEIR MANTRA", BUT IT IS ONLY WHEN THEY WANT TO STOP SPENDING LEGISLATION. IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT LEGISLATION THEY ACTUALLY PUT FORWARD AND SUPPORT IT IS THE PRO-LIFE, ANTI-GAY, CHRISTIAN AGENDA THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY PUSHING FOR . I PERSONALLY THINK THEIR PLAN TO BECOME A LIGITIMATE THIRD PARTY IS TO SPLIT THE CHRISTIAN VOTE FROM THE REPUBLICANS AND CONTROL THAT VOTING BLOCK.